Oswin then learns from the Eleventh Doctor (Matt Smith) that she has been converted from human into a Dalek and has coped by retreating into a fantasy of her own intact survival. She is the sole survivor of the starship Alaska, which crashed on the Asylum, a prison planet for insane Daleks.
Oswin Oswald is introduced in the series 7 premiere, " Asylum of the Daleks" (2012). She reappears briefly in the Christmas special " Twice Upon a Time" (2017).Ĭoleman's performance as Clara was well received by critics. The pair have various adventures together in the eighth and ninth series until she departs the show in " Hell Bent" (2015). She continues to travel with the Doctor after the mystery is resolved at the end of the series, witnessing him regenerate into his twelfth incarnation in " The Time of the Doctor" (2013). The third incarnation becomes the Doctor's companion, travelling with him for the remainder of the series as he tries to uncover the mystery of her multiple lives.
The first two incarnations, Oswin Oswald and Clara Oswin Oswald, each die during the episode in which they appear. She remains the longest serving companion since the show's revival in 2005.Ĭlara is initially presented to the audience during the seventh series as three distinct, though similarly named, people living in different eras. First appearing in the show's seventh series, Clara served as a companion of the alien time traveller known as the Doctor in his eleventh ( Matt Smith) and twelfth ( Peter Capaldi) incarnations. " Asylum of the Daleks" (2012) (alternative incarnation)Ĭlara Oswald is a fictional character created by Steven Moffat and portrayed by Jenna Coleman in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.